AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE
ABN 78 961 616 230charityEducation
TownsvilleQLD4810Outer Regional AustraliaSEIFA Decile 6
ProcurementJusticeDonationsCharityFoundationEvidenceATO2 of 7 systems
Power Score
10.0
2 systems
Total Dollar Flow
$20.4M
All sources
Contracts
$19.7M
20 contracts
Power Profile
Procurement
$20.4M
15 govt buyers
Relationships
30
Connected entities
QLD Jurisdiction Context
Youth justice outcomes for QLD — how this entity’s operating environment is performing.
Detention rate
5.1/10K
Indigenous overrep.
26x
Cost/day (detention)
$2,162
Cost/day (community)
$382
↑QLD Indigenous detention rate +45% over 4 years
↑QLD nightly detention population +19% over 3 years
Recent Policy Changes
2025-11QLD Child Rights Report 2025 published
2025-11Justice Reinvestment Framework launched
$5M grants for place-based alternatives
2025-03Wacol Youth Remand Centre opens
+76 detention beds, adult-standard design
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Board & Governance7 current, 0 former
| Name | Role | Appointed | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Biggs | board_member | — | Active | acnc_register |
| Elizabeth Woods | chair | — | Active | acnc_register |
| Patricia Kelly | board_member | — | Active | acnc_register |
| Stephen Duffield | board_member | — | Active | acnc_register |
| Peter Steinberg | board_member | — | Active | acnc_register |
| Selina Stead | board_member | — | Active | acnc_register |
| Cass Hunter | board_member | — | Active | acnc_register |
Charity Details
Purposes
EducationEnvironment
Beneficiaries
First NationsAdultsAgedGeneral CommunityYouthEnvironment
Federal Contracts27 of 43 MMR-applicable ($8.5M)
| Title | Value | Buyer | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| REF11087 | $10.0M | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | 2026-03-17 – 2030-12-29 |
| AUSINS0114001-PD002180 | $1.4M | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2014-01-07 – 2015-06-29 |
| AUSINS0115001-PD002738 | $1.1M | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2015-06-16 – 2016-05-09 |
| GENERAL-GEN000027-0 | $1.1M | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2016-02-03 – 2017-05-30 |
| CSIRO2014112/1 | $993K | CSIRO | 2015-08-17 – 2015-12-30 |
| GENERAL-GEN000094-0 | $860K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2017-08-01 – 2018-06-29 |
| GENERAL-GEN000041-0 | $704K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2016-06-14 – 2018-12-29 |
| 3600000775 | $625K | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 2017-06-18 – 2019-06-29 |
| 32300 | $614K | Geoscience Australia | 2013-06-19 – 2014-06-29 |
| 2304 | $517K | CSIRO | 2024-12-14 – 2026-06-29 |
| CON000588 | $487K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2025-06-19 – 2026-02-08 |
| GENERAL-GEN000042-0 | $300K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2016-06-29 – 2016-10-30 |
| 4000006055 | $174K | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 2014-06-02 – 2014-06-29 |
| 4500914783 | $165K | Department of Defence | 2013-11-18 – 2013-12-03 |
| Darwin - Supply of Continuous Monitoring Buoys and Provision of Technical and Data Management Services for the Leanyer Sanderson Waste Water Treatment Plant (WwTP) Timed Discharge Trial | $132K | NT Power and Water Corporation - Water Services | 2014-04-16 |
| GENERAL-GEN000173-0 | $123K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2018-06-07 – 2018-10-25 |
| Darwin - Buffalo Creek - Hydrodynamic Model Review and Evaluation of Benefits of Timed Discharge at Leanyer Sanderson Waste Water Treatment Plant | $120K | NT Power and Water Corporation - Water Services | 2015-10-13 |
| Darwin - Darwin Port Corporation - Consultancy - for the MSB Channel Sediment Dposition Study | $112K | NT Darwin Port Corporation - Port Development | 2015-04-28 |
| GENERAL-GEN000195-0 | $86K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 2018-08-08 – 2018-09-20 |
| 4501150068 | $80K | Department of Defence | 2022-03-20 – 2022-03-24 |